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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827876703321

Autore

Labuza Theodore Peter <1940->

Titolo

Open dating of foods / / Theodore P. Labuza and Lynn M. Szybist

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Trumbull, CT, : Food & Nutrition Press, c2001

ISBN

1-281-45031-6

9786611450311

0-470-38510-3

0-470-38488-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Publications in food science and nutrition

Altri autori (Persone)

SzybistLynn M

Disciplina

363.19

363.192

664.07

Soggetti

Food - Shelf-life dating

Food spoilage

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

OPEN DATING OF FOODS; CONTENTS; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2 BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE; CHAPTER 3 TEMPERATURE ABUSE AND TIME-TEMPERATURE INTEGRATORS; CHAPTER 4 ESTABLISHING AN OPEN DATE; CHAPTER 5 CURRENT PRACTICES; CHAPTER 6 CURRENT REGULATIONS; CHAPTER 7 PROPOSED REGULATIONS; CHAPTER 8 JUDICIAL ACTION; CHAPTER 9 PERISHABLE REFRIGERATED PRODUCTS AND HOME PRACTICES SURVEY; CHAPTER 10 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; APPENDIX A Proposed 1999 TTI Legislation in Italy; APPENDIX B CANADIAN OPEN-DATING LEGISLATION F&D

APPENDIX C NIST Handbook 130 Uniform Open Dating Regulation as adopted by The National Conference on Weights and MeasuresAPPENDIX D Extended List of State Regulations on Open Dating; APPENDIX E European Union; APPENDIX F 1999 LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL; APPENDIX G Proposed Federal Open-Dating Regulation; APPENDIX H ALABAMA SAFE FOODS ACT OF 2000; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Open dating plays a vital role in the distribution of the food products from the farm or place of manufacturing to the consumer's home. One principle is that the shelf life is a function of the distribution conditions



and can be looked at as the percentage of consumers a manufacturer is willing to displease. Thus, one purpose of an open date is to give consumers enough time to purchase a food product and store it at home for a reasonable period of time before the product reaches the end of shelf-life in terms of some degree of quality change that is still acceptable.  If products are not